Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
000 CXUS51 KGYX 101150 CLSCON PWMCLSCON 000 TTAA00 GYX 021759 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 159 PM EDT THU JUN 02 2022 ................................... ...THE CONCORD NH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SPRING SEASON, FROM 3/1/2022 TO 5/31/2022... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1868 TO 2022 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 98 05/22/1911 LOW -20 03/06/1869 HIGHEST 93 05/22 90 3 92 05/26 LOWEST 3 03/05 1 2 7 03/02 AVG. MAXIMUM 59.1 56.8 2.3 59.4 AVG. MINIMUM 35.0 33.6 1.4 34.2 MEAN 47.1 45.2 1.9 46.8 DAYS MAX >= 90 2 1.2 0.8 1 DAYS MAX <= 32 4 4.3 -0.3 4 DAYS MIN <= 32 37 45.9 -8.9 39 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 1.1 -1.1 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 18.14 1983 MINIMUM 3.61 1915 TOTALS 10.09 10.18 -0.09 7.30 DAILY AVG. 0.11 0.11 -0.00 0.08 DAYS >= .01 31 35.3 -4.3 28 DAYS >= .10 23 20.9 2.1 15 DAYS >= .50 7 6.7 0.3 5 DAYS >= 1.00 1 1.8 -0.8 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.03 04/08 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 48.2 1956 TOTALS 7.9 16.1 -8.2 T SINCE 7/1 44.6 67.7 -23.1 59.0 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 1 DAYS >= TRACE 8 6.5 1.5 8 DAYS >= 1.0 3 3.6 -0.6 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 8 03/03 03/02 24 HR TOTAL 4.4 03/09 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1681 1846 -165 1681 SINCE 7/1 6396 6909 -513 6473 COOLING TOTAL 56 23 33 31 SINCE 1/1 56 22 34 31 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.1 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 33/290 DATE 03/08 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 45/300 DATE 03/08 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.41 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 62 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 5 HEAVY RAIN 12 RAIN 19 LIGHT RAIN 42 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 2 LIGHT SNOW 8 FOG 41 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 11 HAZE 2 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && SPRING STARTED OFF COOLER THAN NORMAL AFTER A STRONG COLD FRONT CROSSED THE REGION WITH SOME LIGHT SNOW EVENTS THROUGH THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF MARCH. THE COOL WEATHER QUICKLY TURNED MILD BY THE END OF THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH, ALTHOUGH THIS MILD WEATHER WAS INTERRUPTED BY ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT CROSSING ON MARCH 8TH. THIS SET THE STAGE FOR THE GREATEST SNOWFALL OF THE SPRING SEASON ON MARCH 9TH WHEN AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TRACKED ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND BRINGING 4.4 INCHES OF SNOW. A WARMING TREND THEN FOLLOW THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF MARCH AND PEAKED ON THE 18TH WHEN THE HIGH REACHED 72 DEGREES AND THE LAST OF THE WINTER SNOWPACK MELTED. ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES CONTINUED INTO THE FINAL WEEK OF MARCH BEFORE A STRONG COLD FRONT CROSSED LATE ON THE 27TH. THIS COLD FRONT BROUGHT A SHOT OF COLD AIR ON THE 28TH WHEN THE HIGH TEMPERATURE ONLY REACHED 27 DEGREES AND WAS THE LAST TIME THE HIGH TEMPERATURE STAYED BELOW FREEZING DURING THE SPRING. TEMPERATURES SLOWLY REBOUNDED THROUGH THE END OF MARCH AND STAYED CLOSE TO NORMAL THROUGHOUT MUCH OF APRIL. DURING APRIL THERE WAS AN ACTIVE PACIFIC JET STREAM WITH SEVERAL SYSTEMS CROSSING THE CONUS BRINGING BOUTS OF RAIN TO CONCORD. ALSO DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL THE NAO STAYED PREDOMINANTLY NEGATIVE. THE COMPETING INFLUENCES OF MILD PACIFIC AIR FLOODING THE CONUS WHILE BLOCKING OVER THE NORTH ATLANTIC ASSOCIATED WITH THE -NAO HELPED TO KEEP TEMPERATURES STEADY WITHOUT ANY WARMS SPELLS OR COLD SNAPS FOR MUCH OF APRIL INTO EARLY MAY. THE RELATIVELY WET PATTERN IN APRIL GAVE WAY TO A WARM AND RELATIVELY DRY PATTERN AFTER THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF MAY. THE CONCORD AREA WENT 10 DAYS WITHOUT MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION FROM MAY 5TH TO MAY 14TH WHILE TEMPERATURES CLIMBED WELL ABOVE NORMAL PEAKING ON THE 14TH WHEN THE HIGH REACHED 91 DEGREES. THIS WARM AND DRY PATTERN WAS THE RESULT OF AN ANOMALOUS RIDGE THAT DEVELOPED OVER NEW ENGLAND FOR MUCH OF MAY. A COUPLE OF FRONTAL SYSTEMS THEN CROSSED THE AREA BRINGING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AND KNOCKING TEMPERATURES BACK DOWN CLOSER TO NORMAL FOR FEW DAYS BEFORE WARMTH RETURNED WITH THE WARMEST DAY OF THE SEASON OCCURRING ON THE 22ND WHEN THE HIGH REACHED 93 DEGREES. THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE REDEVELOPED DURING THE LAST WEEK OF MAY BRINGING WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS TO CLOSE OUT THE SPRING SEASON. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR SPRING WAS 47.1 DEGREES, WHICH WAS 1.9 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE. THE WARMEST SPRING ON RECORD WAS IN 2012 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 49.6 DEGREES. THE COLDEST WAS 38.7 DEGREES IN 1956. A TOTAL OF 10.09 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 0.09 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION FELL ON APRIL 8TH WHEN A LIQUID EQUIVALENT OF 1.03 INCHES WAS RECORDED. THE DRIEST SPRING ON RECORD WAS IN 1915 WHEN ONLY 3.61 INCHES WAS MEASURED. THE WETTEST WAS IN 1983 WITH 18.14 INCHES. THERE WAS 7.9 INCHES OF SNOWFALL, WHICH WAS 8.2 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL FELL ON MARCH 9TH WHEN 4.4 INCHES WAS MEASURED. THE LEAST SNOWIEST SPRING ON RECORD WAS IN 2021 AND 2010 WHEN ONLY A TRACE WAS MEASURED. THE SNOWIEST WAS 48.2 INCHES IN 1956. THE FOLLOWING DAILY RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN SPRING 2022... DATE RECORD PREVIOUS MAR 7 39 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 38 IN 1894 AND 1876 MAR 18 58 - WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 55 IN 2012 MAR 28 27 - COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 29 IN 1966 APR 8 1.03 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION 0.75 IN 1940 MAY 14 91 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 91 IN 1961 (TIED) MAY 15 64 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 60 IN 2004 $$ DS/HAT